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Exhibits

Some dinosaurs fossils and models on display in the museum.

The Creation Evidence Museum of Texas, also referred to as CEM, hosts many exhibits. This includes many fossils, including footprints of humans and dinosaurs, a fossilized human finger, and the London Artifact.[1] The museum also houses a detailed twenty-five foot replica of Noah's Ark. The model ark includes everything we know and everything we think was included in the ark, such as the door, separate sections for the animals, and windows running along the top for ventilation [3]

One of the displays previous mentioned including the London Artifact provides much evidence for creation and the global flood. The London Artifact is a hammer. It was found in 1932 by Max Hahn in Cretaceous rock in London, Texas. It has a wooden handle, which was detached when it was buried, and a hammerhead made of iron. Incredibly, there was no corrosion at the time of its discovery, and it remains without any corrosion today.[4] This, although it is claimed to be falsified or fake by evolutionists, it still makes one question the age of the earth.[5]

Reseach

The new hyperbaric biosphere under construction.

The Creation Evidence Museum of Texas has done much research in the name of Creation science. much of this research has been on dinosaurs, so as to prove they lived with humans. At the Paluxy River dig site, they have found over eighty human footprints in Cretaceous limestone. These footprints were found in the same area as dinosaur fossils.[6] Even more incredible is the Turnage Patton Trail. It is a trail of one hundred fifty-seven dinosaur tracks stretching about five hundred feet.[7]The primary trail contains one hundred thirty-six tracks, and the rest of the one hundred fifty-seven can be found after a gap. The trail is considered the longest in North America and one of the best in the world.[8] The Museum has also led a hunt for a living pterodactyl in Papa New Guinea.[9]

The Museum has also done much research as to what the earth might have been like before the flood. They have built what is called a hyperbaric biosphere, which subjects plants and animals to what they believe to be a pre-flood environment. [2] It is said that animals will become smarter when in the biosphere. It has also tripled the lifespan of fruit flies. [10] The museum is currently building a full size biosphere next to the museum. It will have cameras placed throughout with a twenty-four hour livestream.[2]

Carl Baugh

Carl Baugh, the director of the Creation Evidence Museum, has also been involved in many other ministries. Born on October 21, 1936, Carl Baugh has had a full life defending creationism. He graduated from Pacific International University, an unaccredited Christian college of which he is currently the president.[11] He was the long time host of Creation in the 21st Century on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN. He also oversees the biosphere project at the Creation Evidence Museum of Texas.

Carl Baugh and his beliefs, some of which are strange, has been criticized greatly by both evolutionists and Creationists. Evolutionists claim things such as his education is unaccredited and therefore irrelevant, and his fossil findings are misdated, misidentified, or fake. This comes as no surprise, but what does is backlash from the Creationist community. He has made some outlandish claims, some of which include the following: the celestial bodies were closer to earth and that one could hear them sing, people could feel time before the flood, he claims that NASA did an experiment and proved eggs do not hatch outside of earth's magnetic field, and claims that because of higher oxygen pressure, people were smarter before the flood.[12] He also claims to have seen pterodactyls in Papa New Guinea, which are most likely flying fox bats.[13]Answers In Genesis, one of the largest Creation ministries, wrote an article titled What About Carl Baugh?, which criticized these strange views, stating, "It is sad that Carl Baugh will 'muddy the water' for many Christians and non-Christians."[12]